embargo

  • 71embargo — em·bar·go || em bɑːgəʊ n. ban, restriction on commerce v. impose an embargo, officially restrict commerce …

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  • 72embargo — A ban on some or all of the trade with one or more countries. A trade embargo is a form of economic sanction Prominent examples include the international ban on trade in arms with South Africa and on certain high technology products with the… …

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  • 73embargo — 1. noun an embargo on oil sales Syn: ban, bar, prohibition, stoppage, interdict, proscription, veto, moratorium; restriction, restraint, block, barrier, impediment, obstruction; boycott 2. verb arms sales were embargoed …

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  • 74embargo — The prohibition of economic activity between one country and another. Embargoes tend to be introduced for political reasons: A classic example is the United States’ trade embargo on Fidel Castro’s Cuba, declared in 1961. See also *boycott and… …

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  • 75embargo — 1. noun an embargo on oil sales Syn: ban, bar, prohibition, stoppage, veto, moratorium, restriction, block, boycott 2. verb arms sales were embargoed Syn: ban, bar, prohibit, stop …

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  • 76embargo — [ɪmˈbɑːgəʊ] (plural embargoes) noun [C] a government order preventing trade with another country an arms/oil/trade embargo[/ex] …

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  • 77embargo — embargas statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Vienos šalies atsisakymas ir draudimas parduoti kurias nors prekes kitai šaliai. Gali būti absoliutus ir ribotas. Absoliutus embargas reiškia visų ekonominių ryšių nutraukimą; tai kraštutinė ir retai …

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  • 78embargo — The exclusion of an article from interstate or foreign commerce. 15 Am J2d Corn §§ 73 75. An edict or order of a government forbidding the entry or departure of ships at ports within the dominions of the government, sometimes imposed in carrying… …

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  • 79embargo — [16] Something that has been embargoed has been literally ‘placed behind bars’ (compare EMBARRASS). The word comes from Vulgar Latin *imbarricāre, which was formed from the Latin prefix in ‘in’ and Vulgar Latin *barra (source of English bar).… …

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  • 80Embargo Des États-Unis Contre Cuba — Embargo des États Unis sur Cuba L embargo des États Unis contre Cuba (décrit à Cuba par le terme espagnol el bloqueo qui signifie « le blocus ») est un embargo économique, commercial et financier à l égard de Cuba par les États Unis mis …

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